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Embroidered Stories: Expressive Arts with Arabic-speaking refugee women Events

Join Access Alliance Multicultural Health and Community Services for a virtual gallery opening showcasing traditional embroidered artwork of Arabic-speaking refugee women symbolizing their migration journey to Toronto.

This event will include:

- The history of how embroidery has been…

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Mental Health First Aid Training Events

Become Certified in Mental Health First Aid

Course Objectives:

Just as physical first aid helps an individual with a physical injury prior to being provided with expert care, Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is the support provided to a person who may be experiencing a decline in their…

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Mount Sinai Hospital: Interactive Virtual Panel on Youth Mental Health Events

The youth mental health crisis goes well beyond Blue Monday. Toronto’s young people seek out support 365 days a year, often running into barriers in accessing the help they need. And the isolating effects of the pandemic are only making things worse.

RBC Pathway to Peers is an innovative…

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Report looks at improving supportive housing for justice-involved people with mental health and addictions issues Forum topic

A report by Ontario’s leading experts on housing, justice, and mental health and addictions outlines how existing supportive housing could more effectively meet the needs of justice-involved individuals and reduce strain on the health and justice systems.

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A call to action: Widening digital participation in digital health and virtual mental health care Events

Please join us for this panel discussion from 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 16, 2021.

COVID-19 has created a sense of urgency for leaders to take bold and important action towards widening the participation of practitioners, patients, family members and caregivers in digital…

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Webinar-Policy Considerations for Digital Payment Systems in Gambling Venues Events

The International Centre for Youth Gambling Problems and High-Risk Behaviors in partnership with the National Council on Problem Gambling (NCPG) present the Raschkowan lecture series. Dr. Sally Gainsbury will present her webinar titled "Policy Considerations for Digital Payment Systems in…

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Ask the Expert - Racial (In) Justice and Cannabis Events

Please join us for a Facebook live stream conversation on cannabis and racial (in) justice in this country.

No discussion of cannabis can be adequately addressed without considering the criminalization of cannabis and its legacy. By reflecting on the historical impacts of cannabis policy,…

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Webinar: Ghost in the Machine: Tackling Structural Stigma in Health-Care Environments Events

Join us for the Mental Health Commission of Canada's (MHCC's) Ghost in the Machine: Tackling Structural Stigma in Health-Care Environments webinar.

Learn from Canada's leading researchers on mental illness- and substance use-related structural stigma in health-care.

Date: February 9…

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Research Viewpoints: Suicide safety planning during a pandemic Forum topic

The impact of physical distancing guidelines on people at risk for suicide is unknown but concerning. Enforced isolation may increase risk of suicide, and many coping strategies in standard suicide safety plans could increase risk of COVID-19 infection or violate public health orders. In an…

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